Vocabulary Work

Respuesta correcta: A) shop assistant

• A) shop assistant'Shop assistant' is the person who serves customers and sells goods in a shop.
• B) customer'Customer' is the person who buys, the other party in the exchange, not the seller.
• C) manager'Manager' is in charge of the business, which is a different role from serving customers.
• D) driver'Driver' drives a vehicle and has no direct role in selling goods in a shop.

Respuesta correcta: B) A profession followed over many years

• A) A single day of workA career spans years, not one shift or one day.
• B) A profession followed over many years'Career' names the long-term professional path of a person's working life.
• C) The salary paid each month'Salary' names the pay itself, which is one part of a career but not the whole of it.
• D) The study of a subject at schoolStudying a subject is part of preparing for a career, but the word itself names the profession.

Respuesta correcta: C) diploma

• A) receipt'Receipt' is the proof of payment given when something is bought.
• B) salary'Salary' is the money paid for the work, not the document that proves a qualification.
• C) diploma'Diploma' is the certificate awarded for completing a course of study successfully.
• D) interview'Interview' is the process of being asked questions before being given a job.

Respuesta correcta: D) office

• A) workshop'Workshop' is a space where goods are made or repaired rather than an advisory service.
• B) garage'Garage' is where vehicles are repaired or parked.
• C) warehouse'Warehouse' is a large building for storing goods, not for advising the public.
• D) office'Office' is the place where a service is provided and staff deal with requests.

Respuesta correcta: D) work

• A) study'Study' means to learn about a subject, which may prepare someone for work.
• B) rest'Rest' means to stop working in order to recover, the opposite of the idea here.
• C) travel'Travel' means to move from one place to another, not to do a job.
• D) work'Work' means to perform a job for pay, which is exactly what the sentence describes.

Respuesta correcta: C) manager

• A) worker'Worker' is any person who carries out a job, without the responsibility of running the business.
• B) client'Client' is the person who buys a service, not the one who runs the business.
• C) manager'Manager' is the person who organises the work of a business or a team.
• D) supervisor'Supervisor' oversees the work of others, usually below a manager in rank.

Respuesta correcta: B) job

• A) works'Works' is the plural of 'work' and would need a plural determiner here.
• B) job'Job' is the standard noun for the work a person does for payment.
• C) workers'Workers' names people, while the sentence needs a noun for the work itself.
• D) careers'Careers' names a long-term professional path, which is not what 'a well-paid' describes.

Respuesta correcta: A) A meeting where questions are asked to decide about a job

• A) A meeting where questions are asked to decide about a job'Interview' is the selection conversation between the employer and the candidate.
• B) A written report about a worker's resultsA report on performance is an 'appraisal', not an 'interview'.
• C) The period of time a worker is contractedA contract is the written agreement, while the interview is the selection conversation.
• D) The training a new worker receivesTraining happens after a job is offered, not during the interview.

Respuesta correcta: B) dismiss

• A) admire'Admire' means to regard with approval and has no connection with employment.
• B) dismiss'Dismiss' means to remove a worker from the job, which reverses 'employ'.
• C) praise'Praise' means to express approval, which is not the opposite of hiring.
• D) apply'Apply' means to ask for a job, which is a step before being employed.

Respuesta correcta: D) employee

• A) employer'Employer' is the company or person that employs, the opposite side of the relationship.
• B) executive'Executive' is a senior manager, so it implies a position of authority.
• C) applicant'Applicant' is someone who has applied for a job but has not yet been hired.
• D) employee'Employee' is the neutral word for a person who works for an employer and is paid.

Respuesta correcta: C) hired

• A) fired'Fired' means dismissed from a job, which is the opposite of the outcome.
• B) tired'Tired' describes a lack of energy and has no connection with employment.
• C) hired'Hired' means an employer took the person on, which is the outcome described.
• D) hireds'Hireds' adds a plural ending to an adjective, which English does not do.

Respuesta correcta: A) The latest time by which a task must be finished

• A) The latest time by which a task must be finished'Deadline' names the time limit attached to a job or project.
• B) The first day a project startsThat is the 'start date', the opposite end of the schedule.
• C) A short rest taken during workThat is a 'break', unrelated to the limit on a task.
• D) The person who checks the workThat is the 'supervisor' or 'reviewer', not the time limit.

Respuesta correcta: D) discuss

• A) discuss about'Discuss' does not take 'about', so 'discuss about the schedule' is redundant.
• B) discuss from'From' would point to a source, which is not how discussion takes a topic.
• C) discuss of'Of' cannot introduce the topic after 'discuss' in this construction.
• D) discuss'Discuss' takes the topic directly as its object: to discuss the schedule.

Respuesta correcta: B) hours

• A) houres'Houres' adds an e and is a misspelling of 'hours'.
• B) hours'Flexible hours' describes when the work is done, a standard benefit in an advertisement.
• C) houre'Houre' is a misspelling; the plural of 'hour' is 'hours' with no extra e.
• D) houring'Houring' adds an -ing ending to a noun, which does not fit the sentence.

Respuesta correcta: A) meet

• A) meet'Meet a deadline' is the fixed expression for finishing work within the limit.
• B) eat'Eat a deadline' is not an expression; deadlines are met, not eaten.
• C) beat'Beat' takes a record or an opponent, not a time limit, in this meaning.
• D) meat'Meat' is a food and has no connection with time limits at all.

Respuesta correcta: C) The company dismissed him after a long career.

• A) The company suggested him after a long career.'Suggest' means to put forward an idea, which does not fit the employment context.
• B) The company designed him after a long career.'Design' is used for plans and products, not for ending a job.
• C) The company dismissed him after a long career.'Dismissed' correctly reports the employer ending the employment relationship.
• D) The company persuaded him after a long career.'Persuade' means to convince someone through argument, not to remove them from a job.

Respuesta correcta: B) A person who works with you in the same organisation

• A) A person who works for your customersThat is a 'client' or a 'customer', the other side of a business relationship.
• B) A person who works with you in the same organisation'Colleague' names a fellow worker, which is the relation described.
• C) A person who trains you at workThat is a 'tutor' or a 'trainer' in a training role.
• D) A person who manages your departmentThat is your 'manager', a role above rather than beside yours.

Respuesta correcta: A) contract

• A) contract'Contract' is the written agreement that binds employer and employee.
• B) contact'Contact' refers to a person's details or to the act of getting in touch, and adds a letter t.
• C) construct'Construct' means to build something, which is a different word with similar letters.
• D) contrast'Contrast' means the opposite or a difference, unrelated to employment documents.

Respuesta correcta: C) A move to a higher position with more responsibility

• A) A move to a different organisationThat is a 'transfer' or a 'change of job', not a promotion.
• B) A reduction in the number of hours workedA reduction in hours would lower her pay rather than reward her.
• C) A move to a higher position with more responsibility'Promotion' means stepping up the career ladder within the same organisation.
• D) A period of unpaid leaveThat is a 'sabbatical', which is time away rather than a step upwards.

Respuesta correcta: D) allowance

• A) allowence'Allowence' replaces the second a with an e, which is a misspelling.
• B) loans'Loans' are amounts borrowed and repaid, not payments made to a person.
• C) salaries'Salaries' are pay for work done, not support payments for being without work.
• D) allowance'Allowance' is a regular payment made to support someone, which fits the description.